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Life of John Fitch : the inventor of the steam-boat (1857)

Westcott, Thompson · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co. · leaf 263

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in America of supplyingthe deficiency of manual labor seemed to me so clearly demon-strated, that I could not, without indignation, see the Americansretarding by their sarcasms the generous efforts of one of theirfellow-citizena. — A recent journey in the United States of NorthAmerica, made in 1788… … Jas. Ramseys Steam-boat—English patent. He is a man of great genius; and from the explanations he gaveme, it appeared that his invention, although starting from the

Fitch, John, 1743-1798 · Steam-navigation

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